Shoe ornamentation



June 1936- c. MILLER ET AL SHOE ORNAMENTATION Filed Feb. 12, 1934INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June 16, 1936 SHOE ORNAIWENTATION CharlesMiller and Isador Speilman, Long Island City, N. Y.

Application February 12, 1934, Serial No. 710,810

Claims.

This invention relates to a process of applying coatings to shoe partsand deals more specifically with a process of applying certain designsand patterns to the quarter linings and to the sock 5 lining.

In the manufacture of high grade shoes, particularly ladies shoes thequarter linings are of dark colored upper leather. In order to mark thesize, last number, and other necessary data upon the lining it has beennecessary either to use white or similarly colored ink; or to cut out apiece of the lining, and sew in its place a white patch upon which maybe marked readily the necessary data. The first of these alterations isunsatisfactory in that the light colored inks which must be used on thedark leather backgrounds rub off very easily. The second alternativeinvolves a slow and expensive process.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a cheap andpermanent method of marking linings, which also has the advantage ofbeing neat and artistic and which enhances the appearance of the shoe.

Also, we have found it desirable in certain styles and grades of ladiesshoes to provide the quarter lining with a predetermined design orpattern. It is not possible, in this art, to use for this purposeleather which has been previously printed or embossed with designs; forthe reason that in cutting linings, the pattern around which the liningis cut, is placed upon the skin in different directions according to thedictates of economy and also according to the stretch of the leather.Obviously the pattern would not work out as desired in this hit or missmethod.

It is therefore a further object of this invention to provide a methodof ornamenting quarter linings, so that the pattern will assume adefinite predetermined relationship to the parts of the shoe, whenassembled.

And it is a further object of this invention to ornament the sock liningto harmonize with the ornamented linings as outlined above.

These and other objects of the invention will be readily apparent tothose skilled in the art, from the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a shoe, showing the inside thereof.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a shoe lining used in a shoe embodying ourinvention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of a modification.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a sock lining prepared under the presentmethod.

The leather quarter lining is cut from the skin in the usual way. Now amodification of the present invention will be described in which apattern consisting of alternate White and gold lines crossing eachother, as shown in the drawing, is applied to the quarter and socklining. 5 There is available on the market a white leaf which whenapplied to leather, with heat and pressure, deposits thereon a Whitesurface which cannot be removed without destroying the surface of theleather. This is commercially known as a 10 #350 leaf, and may bepurchased from Griffin Campbell Hayes and Walsh Inc. of New York, N. Y.Similarly gold leaf, which may be applied in the same way, is availableon the market. A press having a bed plate and a movable member is 15used. The movable member carries a die which is heated in any suitableway such as by gas or electricity.

Now a die having formed therein lines corresponding to one color of thepattern, for example 20 the white, is mounted on the movable member ofthe press. The prepared quarter lining is placed upon the bed plate in apredetermined position and a sheet of the #350 white leaf is placedthereover. When the die is warmed up it is brought 25 down and made topress the leaf onto the leather. Thus, there is applied one color of thepattern. In a similar manner the next color is applied etc. Obviously,silver leaf or any other suitable leaf may be used in this method, thewhite and gold 0 being merely mentioned by way of illustration. In thisway, we provide an ornamentation to a lining after it is cut and theornamentation therefore takes its predetermined relationship to theother parts of the shoe. 35

As already mentioned above, a white background is desired upon which maybe marked the size etc. of the shoe. The die which applies the Whitepart of the design, as described, has formed in it any suitablearrangement of squares, rectangles, heart shape or in fact any suitablefigure. This causes the deposition of the white background according tothis shape. Upon this background are then printed the numbers andletters by the use of the gold or any other suitably colored 45 leaf, asalready mentioned.

The sock lining is given similar treatment, there being printed thereona pattern as well as desired numbers and letters.

Referring in detail to the drawing the shoe I0, 50 which is shown insection in Fig. 1, has applied to the interior thereof a quarter liningI I and vamp lining l2. The lining H has applied thereto one set ofalternate lines l3 running in one direction and another set of alternatelines l4 running in another direction, both of these sets of lines beingof one color, such as white, for example.

A third set of alternate lines E5 of a contrasting color running in thesame direction as I3, and a fourth set l6 running in the direction ofthe lines M, are applied.

In the same way the sock lining 3B is ornamented with lines I3, l4, l5,and I6, which may extend to the ball line 3| or which may cover theentire sock lining.

The blocks or panels 20 of solid white serve as a background for thesize numbers, suitable other data which it is necessary to mark on theshoe, and even certain trade-mark material, as shown.

In Fig. 3 the blocks or panels 20 are of different outline, showing oneof the many possibilities which come within the scope of this invention.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. The method ofornamenting a leather lining of a shoe, which comprises cutting thelining from the skin, subsequently placing a leaf of coloring materialover the major portion of said lining, impressing a heated die upon saidleaf, said die having a pattern in predetermined position with respectto the contour of said lining, whereby parts of the leaf are depositedon the major portion of the lining in the pattern of the die.

2. The method of ornamenting a leather lining of a shoe which comprisescutting the lining from the skin, subsequently placing a leaf ofcoloring material over said lining, impressing a heated die upon saidleaf, said die having a pattern in predetermined position with respectto the contour of said lining, whereby parts of the leaf are depositedon the lining in the pattern of the die, and repeating said process witha different die and a different colored leaf with a pattern inpredetermined relation to the pattern of the first die.

3. The method of marking the sizes of a shoe on its lining whichcomprises the steps of cutting a lining from the skin, subsequentlyplacing a 5 leaf of coloring material thereover, impressing a part ofsaid leaf on the lining with a heated die, whereby to provide a whitebackground, placing a leaf of coloring matter of a contrasting colorover said background, and impressing a heated'IO die having the desiredletters and numbers thereon on said last mentioned leaf, whereby todeposit said letters and numbers on said background in the contrastingcolor of said last mentioned leaf.

4. The method of marking the sizes of a shoe on 15 its lining whichcomprises the steps of cutting a lining from the skin, then placing aleaf of coloring material thereover, impressing a part of said leaf onthe lining, whereby to provide a white background, placing a leaf ofcoloring matter of 20 a contrasting color over said background, andimpressing a die having the desired letters and numbers thereon on saidlast mentioned leaf, whereby to deposit said letters and numbers on saidbackground in the contrasting color of said 25 last mentionedleaf.

5. The method of applying to a shoe having an interior dark-coloredsurface a marking to indicate the size of the shoe, which methodcomprises securing a leaf of light-colored material on 30 saiddark-colored surface to form a light-colored panel thereon, placing aleaf of dark-colored material over said panel, and impressing a diehaving the desired size marking thereon on said last mentioned leafwhereby to secure to said panel the size marking in the color of saidlast mentioned leaf.

CHARLES MILLER. ISADOR SPEILMAN.

